A CD with brand new tango

HomeSENCILLO is the first album by Orquesta Típica Mala Pinta. It comprises thirteen tangos written and arranged by Gerard van Duinen. You can order the CD here.

Buy the albumDo you want to order the album? It has great artwork by Marjolijn Buiten. Click here to visit the shop. Payment options are PayPal, credit card, iDeal, Bankcontact/Mr Cash en Sofort.

Sencillo is available as a digital download on Bandcamp, our preferred site. But the album is also available on CD Baby, in the iTunes Store en Amazon. And you can listen to Sencillo using Spotify, Apple Music, Tidal en Deezer.

Listen to fragments of all tracks

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Sencillo

La Maca

Milonguero Loco

La Chismosa

Tinta Negra

La Mufa

Lucky Waltz

Marabú

Bossalonga

Milonga Perdida

El Sordo

La Vida Azul

Nostalcólico

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Video: The making of SencilloPeter van Breugel made a video of the recording of Sencillo in De Toonzaal on 10 October 2015

About SencilloBandoneon player and composer Gerard van Duinen fantasized about it for years: recording his own music for a full tango orchestra. Such an orquesta típica is like an big band in jazz: many musicians and logistical issues... outdated! But the sound of a group like that is overwhelming and irresistible.

In the year he turned 50 Gerard decided to go for it. He found another nine great tango musicians and founded Orquesta Típica Mala Pinta. Through crowdfunding he got supported by 124 tango lovers. Sencillo was recorded on October 10th 2015, partly before a live audience.

With only new music Sencillo became a unique album. Even though playing tango is becoming popular with musicians worldwide, too often the golden classics from the '40's are just being re-recorded nowadays. Sencillo is a statement: the world needs new (danceable) tango music.